09-Nov-2011 12:57 Berlusconi

Italian debt rate reaches 7% mark :: Italy's cost of borrowing touches a new record, a day after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would resign once budget reforms are passed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15652708

Berlusconi pledge fails to calm market :: Italy's borrowing costs rose further towards unsustainable levels despite a pledge from Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, that he would resign
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea9fcdfa-09ed-11e1-8d46-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Berlusconi to Resign: What Will be the Future of Italy? :: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged to step down after Parliament approves austerity measures.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245975/20111109/berlusconi-resign-future-italy.htm

Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 11/09/2011 :: The Australian sharemarket is improving for the second straight day thanks to news that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to step down later this month. This resulted in strong gains from the American markets late in trade this morning, which has translated in an impressive performance from shares locally. The All Ordinaries index (XAO) is up 1.4 pct or 60.5 pts to 4417.2.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245799/20111108/australian-stock-market-report-midday-11-09.htm

Global Markets Overview - 11/09/2011 :: From Morrison Securities Pty. Ltd

U.S. stocks jumped in afternoon trading after reports that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plans to resign, seen as a breakthrough in the country's political impasse. Berlusconi was planning to resign after the country's 2012 budget vote is approved, according to several media reports.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245677/20111108/global-markets-overview-11-09-2011-australia.htm

Who Will Succeed Berlusconi? :: Silvio Berlusconi is expected to quit within a week, if not days.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245647/20111108/berlusconi-italy-successor-bossi-alfano.htm

Silvio Berlusconi to Resign :: Berlusconi has been under extreme pressure from both allies and opponents to quit
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245586/20111108/silvio-berlusconi-italy-parliament-eu-debt.htm

Berlusconi Running Out of Options :: Meanwhile, the yield on 10-year Italian sovereign bonds reached another euro-era record high of 6.76 percent, thereby placing even more pressure on Berlusconi to quit
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245564/20111108/italy-berlusconi-vote-rome-parliament-budget-resign.htm

Berlusconi Wins Budget Vote… Or Did He? :: BBC reported that an astounding 321 MPs abstained from voting
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/245461/20111108/italy-berlusconi-budget-vote-parliament.htm